Dominique Bartels is a photographer, visual artist and teacher based in Zurich.
To connect
domi.bartels@gmail.com
@dominique__bartels
Exhibitions
Upcoming:
- Bieler Fototage 2026 (CH)
2024:
- Kissenschloss, The Function, Zurich (CH)
- Under Your Smell, Gallery X by Parco, Tokyo (JPN)
- Under Your Smell, Saatchi Gallery, London (UK)
2023:
- Under Your Smell, Photo Élysée, Lausanne (CH)
2022:
- Under Your Smell, Art Basel Miami (US)
- Under Your Smell, Maison Gaultier, Paris (FR)
- Smells Like Queer Spirit, MBAL, Le Locle (CH)
2021:
- Hans Emmenegger: Carte blanche à l’écal, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne (CH)
- Être autrement, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne (CH)
Nominations
- Enquête photographique Jura bernois 2024-2027 (CH), 2024
Shortlists
- Textile Transformations, Textile Exchange x Magnum (US), 2024
- Materials Matter, Textile Exchange x Magnum (US), 2023
Publications
- Du mouton au fil in Needlebound Vol. 2, upcoming
- Running with the Wolves in Figuresphotography FIG001: Borders and Boundaries, 2025
- Articles in manuell, Magazin für bildnerisches, textiles und technisches Gestalten, 2024 - now
- Novembre Magazine, écal x Jean Paul Gaultier, 2022
- Carhartt WIP Magazine, écal x Carhartt WIP, 2022
Education
2023 Bachelor of Arts in Photography at écal (University of Art and Design of Lausanne, CH). Thesis The Threads that Hold the Earth Together
Work
2023 - now Teacher of textile and technical creation, Schule Küsnacht
2018 - now Freelance photographer and videographer
Clients
EPFL Architecture
Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz
manuell Magazin für bildnerisches, textiles und technisches Gestalten
Paléo Festival Nyon
ALBA Sourdough Pizza
Bombyx Mori
Dominique Bartels is a photographer, visual artist and teacher based in Zurich.
To connect
domi.bartels@gmail.com
@dominique__bartels
Exhibitions
Upcoming:
- Bieler Fototage 2026 (CH)
2024:
- Kissenschloss, The Function, Zurich (CH)
- Under Your Smell, Gallery X by Parco, Tokyo (JPN)
- Under Your Smell, Saatchi Gallery, London (UK)
2023:
- Under Your Smell, Photo Élysée, Lausanne (CH)
2022:
- Under Your Smell, Art Basel Miami (US)
- Under Your Smell, Maison Gaultier, Paris (FR)
- Smells Like Queer Spirit, MBAL, Le Locle (CH)
2021:
- Hans Emmenegger: Carte blanche à l’écal, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne (CH)
- Être autrement, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne (CH)
Nominations
- Enquête photographique Jura bernois 2024-2027 (CH), 2024
Shortlists
- Textile Transformations, Textile Exchange x Magnum (US), 2024
- Materials Matter, Textile Exchange x Magnum (US), 2023
Publications
- Du mouton au fil in Needlebound Vol. 2, upcoming
- Running with the Wolves in Figuresphotography FIG001: Borders and Boundaries, 2025
- Articles in manuell, Magazin für bildnerisches, textiles und technisches Gestalten, 2024 - now
- Novembre Magazine, écal x Jean Paul Gaultier, 2022
- Carhartt WIP Magazine, écal x Carhartt WIP, 2022
Education
2023 Bachelor of Arts in Photography at écal (University of Art and Design of Lausanne, CH). Thesis The Threads that Hold the Earth Together
Work
2023 - now Teacher of textile and technical creation, Schule Küsnacht
2018 - now Freelance photographer and videographer
Clients
EPFL Architecture
Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz
manuell Magazin für bildnerisches, textiles und technisches Gestalten
Paléo Festival Nyon
ALBA Sourdough Pizza
Bombyx Mori